Commercial.

Opunake Times, Volume III, Issue 146, 26 November 1895, Page 3

Commercial.

Egmont Farmers' Union (Limited) Report. Hawera, November 21. We held a clearing sale on behalf of Mr G. Howard (vho is giving up dairying) on his farm, Climie Road, Ngaire, on Thursday, 14th inst. The attendance was small, but bidding brisk, so that the dairy cows sold well, making up to £7 15s. Other stock, also the sundries, made good prices. We quote : Dairy cows, £3 10s to £7 15s; heifers, £2 10s to £4 ; calves, 6s 6d. There was a large entry of cattle brought forward for sale at Manaia, on the 20th inst., and there was also a good attendanco. Most classes of cattle elicited fair competition, with the result that the bulk of the stock changed hands at the sale. We quote —Eat cows, £3 19s 6d to £4 5s ; forward bullocks, £4 14s to £4 16s ; 2£ to 3-year steers, £-1 2s to £4 12s ; 18months to 2- year steers, £2 13s GA to £3 5s ; dairy cows and heifers, £3 10s to £4 Is ; emptj cows, £2 16s ; mixed yearlings, £l 13s 6d to £2 ; calves, £1 14s ; bulls, £3 5s to £4.

Mr« Newton King's Weekly Report.

Cattle. —There was a full muster of stock at the Rahotu yards on Wednesday. Bidding was fairly active, and nearly everything in the yard sold at prices considerably in advance of late rates. I quote :—Calves to 25s ; yearlings, 33s to 40s : 2-year steers, £3 ; 2| to 3-year £4. Empty cows, £3. Dairy stock was very dull. Mr W. J. Dew's clearing sale was held at the farm, near Rahotu, on Thursday. The cows iu milk were mostly withdrawn, prices being very low. Springing heifers, however, were sold freely at fair rates, 56 head making from £3 10s to £4 10s ; yearlings, 34s ; 18-month £2 10s ; bulls, £2 to £3 10s.

Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Report.

Horses.—A good many came forward and found purchasers at the previous week's values. Over an average number was submitted by auction at the Durham Yards. The prices offered for medium and draught were disappointing to vendors, but other stamps sold higher. We quote : Heavy draught, £l2 103 to £2O ; medium, £7 10s to £ls 10s; light harness, £5 10s to £lO ; hacks, £3 10s to £lO ; well-bred ones, from £lB to £2O. Cattle.—Rather a large number bave been brought forward, and the previous week's values were sustained. The beef pens were well filled at Newmarket, on Tuesday, and there was a large muster of dairy and store stock. For the latter, prices were in favor of the purchaser. Dairies, unaltered, sold at from £8 103 to £5 17s 6d ; grown steers, £5 to £6; 8-year steers, £4 to £4 5s ; dry cows, £2 10s to £8 7s Gd ; heifers, £2 12s 6d to £3; calves, 18d to 25s ; ox beef ranged from 20s to 22s per lOOlbs ; cow, 20s. Sheep.—There was a fair muster at Newmarket, on Tuesday, and prices advanced fully Is per head. Shorn wethers sold at from 8s 9d to 15s 3d ; ewes, 7s to 10s 3d ; ewes in wool, 15s ; mixed sexes, 7s to 10s ; lambs, plentiful, sold at from Gs 9J to 10s 9d ; ewes and lambs, lambs given in, 13s. Pigs.—Scarce, sold at from 14s 6d to £1 lis. Messrs F. R. Jac" son and Co.'s Stock Report. We had a full entry of fat cattle and sheep for the sale. Beef was of good quality, and some capital sheep were penned. All sold readily under the hammer. Cattle—Bullocks, £7 5s to £8 2s Gd ; others, £6 7s Gd to £7 equal to 18s per lOOlbs. Sheep—Wethers, 10s to 10s lid ; ewes, 8s Id to 9s Gd ; lambs, 5s 8d to 8s 3d. Pigs— Porkers, 16s to 19s; breeding sorts, 23s ; small, 9s 9d to 12s.

Messrs Nolan, Tonks and Co.'s Stock Report. At Eltham, on 19th inst, there was a good muster of cattle, and the sale was characterised by keen competition for all classes, more particularly young steers. At Hawera, on 21st inst, we had a very large entry. Bidding throughout was spirited, and with very few exceptions everything was disposed of. We quote— At Eltham—Yearlings, mixed, 81s to 36s Gd ; yearling steers, 3Gs to £2 4s ; 18-month steers, £2 10s to £2 15s ; yearling heifers, 32s to 34s ; 2year heifers £2 5s to £2 7s; 2i-year quiet heifers, £2 14s ; store cows, £2 13s to £3 ; springers, £4 to £4 10s. At 'Hawera—Yearling steers, 38s to £2 us ; mixed yearlings, 32s to 38s ; 18-month steers, £2 12s to £2 15s; 2-year steers, £2 17s to £3 5s ; 2Jyear steers, £3 12s Gd to £4 ; 3-year steers, £4 to £4 10s ; 3-year forward bullocks, £4 16s to £5 Is ; yearling heifers, 35s ; 18-month to 2-year heifers, £2 4s to £2 10s : 2J-year heifers, £2 12s to £2 15s ; store cows, £2 lGs to £3 3s ; forward cows, £8 Gs Gd to £3 10s ; fat cows, £4 Gs 6d ; springers, £4 to £4 103 ; dairy cows, £4 17s to £5 10s. Sheep—Hoggets, 9s 4d to 9s 7d; ewes and lambs, 11,3 8d ; cull ewes and Jambs, 7s 2d ; 4-tooth shorn sheep (fat), 9s.

The Auckland Weekly News reports : —Oats are unchanged during the week. The market is strong at 2s 8d off the wharf. Information of the state of the Sydney market is meagre, but the strong inquiry for maize (or kindred grain) strengthens the feeling. The astute ones in this trade look for Sh as a -price prior to Christmas, &h southern stocks are in demand for all the colonies in Australia, and all the evidences are towards a late harvest in this colony. Potatoes—This is the critical "time when condition is everything. The new crop of round is very late, and as the esculent is, in many cases, a ne-

cessary, demand for the best old is strong with supplies bare. What is obtainable cannot be bought under £3 15s to £4 per ton ex store. Cheese—The new season's make is offering plentifully, with deraaud not equal to the supply. There is a weakness, except in high quality factory make, the demand for which from Australia is stronger as the summer comes on. All the produce Hne3 are subject to the tariff revision supposed to be on the point of making in the New South Wales Parliament, and as soon as it is definitely known what the new duties are, New Zealand will be much more steady than they are at the present moment.